FBI agents have raided the suburban Virginia home of Rep. John T. Doolittle — providing fresh evidence that the investigation of imprisoned lobbyist Jack Abramoff is still going strong.

David Barger, attorney for the California Republican, said the search, conducted April 13, focused only on the records of Sierra Dominion Financial Solutions, a firm run by Julie Doolittle, the congressman’s wife.

Sierra Dominion had raised money to promote events for Abramoff in 2003 and 2004.

Cooperating With Investigators

In a written statement, Doolittle said his wife is cooperating with investigators. “My wife has been cooperating with the FBI and the Justice Department for almost three years and that cooperation is going to continue
in the future,” he said. “I support my wife 100 percent and fully expect that the truth will prevail.”

“The search was for Sierra Dominion records, not the congressman’s records,” said Barger, an attorney at the Virginia law firm Williams Mullen, who specializes in government investigations and white-collar
criminal defense.

Barger would not say what documents were taken from the Doolittle house.

The Justice Department and the FBI both declined to comment.

Word of the raid circulated just days after lobbyist Kevin Ring, a former Doolittle aide who later worked with Abramoff, resigned his position with the Washington lobbying firm Barnes & Thornburg LLP.

Doolittle was one of the Democrats’ top targets in last November’s House elections, but he won his race by 3 percentage points.

Jefferson Grand Jury

In an unrelated case, a grand jury has subpoenaed a top aide to Rep. William J. Jefferson.
Court documents in related cases have laid out allegations that Jefferson solicited and accepted bribes in exchange for helping to firm up telecommunications deals in Africa. The Louisiana Democrat has denied any wrongdoing
and was re-elected late last year in a runoff election.

His district office director, Stephanie Butler, reported to the House on Wednesday that she has been subpoenaed to testify before the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia, where the bribery is alleged to
have taken place.

Two of Jefferson’s business associates have been convicted of bribery-related charges.